SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18U.K.Serial tax avoidance

PART 7U.K.Supplemental

National insurance contributionsU.K.

57(1)In this Schedule references to an assessment to tax include a NICs decision relating to a person's liability for relevant contributions.U.K.

(2)In this Schedule a reference to a provision of Part 7 of FA 2004 (disclosure of tax avoidance schemes) (a “DOTAS provision”) includes a reference to—

(a)that DOTAS provision as applied by regulations under section 132A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (disclosure of contributions avoidance arrangements);

(b)any provision of regulations under that section that corresponds to that DOTAS provision,

whenever the regulations are made.

(3)Regulations under section 132A of that Act may disapply, or modify the effect of, sub-paragraph (2).

(4)In this paragraph “NICs decision” means a decision under section 8 of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999 or Article 7 of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671).